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Every October my family also commits to watching scary (or not-so-scary when my six-year-old is awake) movies on weekends throughout month. Since I received some great feedback when I blogged about our Summer Movies Series, I thought I would put a list of the movies we pull out year after year, and a few of the scary movies we have in the queue this year.

Hocus Pocus (this is scarier for some kids than others, but our family LOVES it!)

ET

Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Chamber of Secrets

Just Add Magic (Amazon original TV Series)

Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Disney 1930s) — find it on YouTube

Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow — find it on YouTube

Spooky Buddies

Monsters Inc and Monsters University

Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Werewolf

Alvin and the Chipmunks and Frankenstein

Casper (Disney)

Daffy Duck Quackbusters

Toy Story Terror (2013, TV special)

Curious George’s BooFest

Dreamworks Halloween Special

Its the Great Pumpkin Halloween Charlie Brown

Scooby Doo — All of the movies and episodes are great for Halloween, but some take place on the holiday. Try the movies Goblins King, Witch’s Ghost, Frankencreepy (also episodes “Headless Horseman” “Scarecrow, “Cornfield Clem” “To Switch a Witch”)

For older kids:

Monster House (this is PG but it scared my kids before they were 9)

Goosebumps (2015)

The Haunted Mansion (Disney movie with Eddie Murphy)

The Goonies — This movie is rated PG-13 but we let our kids watch it, even our youngest, but we do cover eyes during some scenes and there are a few sex references in the opening scenes.

Ghostbusters (PG13)

Beetlejuice (PG13)

Fun Size (PG13 , parents should watch first as it contains lots of relationship drama)

Some movies the adults are checking out this October:

The Cure for Wellness

Get Out

It (we are heading to the theater to catch the remake!)

The Sixth Sense (we always pick a few throwbacks!)

Psycho (have to include this amazing classic! plan to make our teen watch to see what a true horror film looks like!)

Ouija

The Conjuring

Friday the 13th (got watch at least one slasher flick!)

Scream (and for comparison Scary Movie) which we are watching with our teen, who is convinced he is ready for horror movies.

X-Files — so, so many great episodes to watch. Perfect for when we’re too tired for a whole movie, but you want to be scared!